There are seven periods of creation recorded in the beginning of Genesis. Although each of these has
been translated as a “day”, the Hebrew word is “yom” which simply means a period of time with a
beginning and an ending. It is unlikely to be a solar day since the sun, moon and
stars do not appear until the fourth “day”.

Day One - Night & Day
Day Four - Sun and Moon

Day Two - Sky and Sea
Day Five - Fish and Birds

Day Three - Trees
Day Six - Man
and
animals

Day Seven - Rest.

In the Beginning

God created the heavens and the earth.

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By faith could also read: By trusting or By Trusting faithfulness or It was faith.

3. Adam: - was the first created man specifically named in Scripture - Genesis 1:26-2:25

Adam was a special man that God created.

The creation of Adam is described in Genesis 2:7. God created him from the dust of the
ground, breathed life into him and placed him in the garden of Eden.

Adam was given the task of naming all the animals.

As Adam was lonely, God formed a wife, named Eve, out of one of Adam's ribs.

Adam died at the age of 930 years.

In Hebrew Adam means: of the ground, reddish earth.

Adam was disobedient and his wife Eve was tricked by the serpent.

4. Eve: - Adam's wife and the first woman specifically named in Scripture - Genesis 1:1-6

Eve was specially created to be the wife and partner of the man Adam, whose creation is described in the beginning of Genesis.

God had seen that the animals had their helpmates but the man he had made did not.

Adam called his wife Eve. Her name in Hebrew means: life, life-giving.

We are not told how old Eve was when she died nor is her death recorded in Scripture.

Eve is not mentioned again after the birth of Seth at the end of Genesis 4, other than in two quotations in the New Testament - 2 Corinthians 11:3 and 1 Timothy 2:12-14.

He was the older brother (and possibly twin) of Abel. Cain worked the land and Abel looked after the animals.

Abel did what God asked him to do but Cain did what he thought he should do. When God was not pleased with Cain's offering, Cain became very angry.

He ignored God's advice as to how he could fix it and murdered his brother instead.

The murder of Abel was evil in God's eyes, and so Cain was banished from the presence of the Lord in that part of the earth.

Cain was the first murderer recorded in the Bible.

Cain did evil in God's sight.

In Hebrew Cain means: possession.

What is evil in God's sight? Read 1 John 3:4

4 Every person who commits (practices) sin is guilty of lawlessness: for [that is what] sin is, [the breaking, violating of God's law by transgression or neglect — being unrestrained and unregulated by His commands and His will]. (Amplified Bible)

Despite punishing Cain by sending him away, God still protected him by placing a mark on his head so that the people in the rest of the earth would not kill him.

Cain married and built a city in the land of Nod and named it after his son whom he called Enoch.

Sarah was the wife of Abraham. She was very beautiful even in her old age.

Her Hebrew name means Princess, the mother of the nations.

She was born in about 2155BC, had a son at 90 in 2065BC, and died at age 127.

She was one of the notable women of the Bible. Her former name was Sarai, which in Hebrew means Jah is prince in Hebrew.

She was also a half sister to Abraham as they had the same father, Terah, but not the same mother.

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Most people know Sarah as the barren wife of Abraham. She was also his half-sister (same father—different mothers), which came from tribal marriage alliances in Hebrew times. This is how (in Genesis) Abraham could claim to the Egyptians that Sarah was his sister.

Lot was the son of Haran, who was Abraham's younger brother. Abraham had to rescue Lot after he was taken prisoner.

Lot in Hebrew means: concealed, dark colored.

Lot made worldly choices that were not wise from God's viewpoint, and settled in a wicked city.

When God finally destroyed the city, He sent angels to save Lot and his
family. As they fled from the city's destruction, the family was told by the angels not to look back in case they were
consumed along with the city. However, Lot's wife did look back, and became a pillar of salt.

Melchizedek, whose name means my king is righteous, was the King of Salem and a priest of God.

Salem means peace. Jebusites named the city Jebus. The two names were later joined together
to form Jerusalem, which means Habitation of peace.

Abraham presented Melchizedek with a tithe (a tenth) of all the booty he had gathered after a great battle. By
this act Abraham indicated that he acknowledged God's hand in his victory over his enemies.

Melchizedek's existence shows that there were people other than Abraham and his family who served the true God.

17. Hagar: - an Egyptian slave given to Abraham by the Pharaoh of Egypt - Genesis 16:1-16 - 2079BC

An Egyptian slave given to Abraham by the Pharaoh of Egypt.

Hand maiden of Sarah given to Abraham, and they had a child whose name was Ishmael.